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GEAMINE^!. 
[. Ancli'opogon . 
1. A. peduncularis, Kunth, Enum. i. 509. Annual. Stems 
slender, glabrous, a foot long. Leaf-sheaths 1\~2 in. long ; blade 
narrow linear, glabrous, £ ft. long. Spike simple, cylindrical, 2-3 in. 
long, clasped at the base by the uppermost sheath ; spikelets glabrous, 
in pairs, laxly disposed on a densely pilose rachis, the upper one per- 
fect, £ in. long, with an awn nearly as long as itself, 3 stamens, and an 
outer glume emarginate at the tip, the lower reduced to a single 
glume with a densely pilose flattened pedicel as long as itself. Pollinia 
monandra, Spreng. ; Bojer , Hort. Maur. 374. 
Mauritius, in stony ground on the crest of Montagne Longue. Also said to be 
East Indian. General Munro, who has kindly examined for me our single specimen, 
places the plant in Schizachyrium , near Andropogon zeylanicum , Amott. 
2. A. contortus, Linn. ; Kunth , Enum. i. 486. Perennial, with 
densely tufted two-edged stems 1-2 feet long. Leaves linear, 
glaucous, usually glabrous, ft. long. Spikes many, simple, cylin- 
drical, 2-3 in. long, on crowded stiffly erect peduncles ; spikelets much 
imbricated, several of the lower awnless and with both flowers imper- 
fect. Outer empty glume lanceolate, acute, i in. long, usually densely 
pilose. Hermaphrodite flowers with an awn 2-3 iu. long to the 
flowering glume, which is very robust, geniculate at the middle, and 
conspicuously pubescent in the lower half. Heteropogon contortus, 
JRoem. and Schult. ; Bojer , Hort. Maur. 375. H. birtus, Fers . 
Mauritius, Rodriguez, and Seychelles, common at all elevations ; Coin de 
Mire, Home ! Spread through the warmer zones of both hemispheres. 
3. A. lanceolatus, Roxb. ; Kunth , Enum. i. 498. Annual. Stems 
slender, diffuse, trailing, much branched. Sheaths glabrous, 1-1 1 in. . 
long ; blade lanceolate, acuminate, 1-1^ ha. long, i in. broad, con- 
spicuously ciliated at the edge in the lower part. Spikes 3-6, close, 
subdigitate, 1-2 in. long; rachis finely pilose; spikelets lanceolate, 
acute, in. long. Outer empty glume finely ribbed, glabrous on the 
back, conspicuously ciliated. Awn slender, twice as long as the 
spikelet. Batratherum lanceolatum, Nees. 
Mauritius, in dry soil. Also Tropical Asia. 
4. A. pertusus, Willd. ; Kunth , Enum. i. 498. Annual. Stems 
glabrous, tufted, geniculate at the base, then erect, above a foot high. 
Sheaths 1J-2 in. long, with a tuft of hairs at the throat ; blade linear, 
glabrous, acuminate, 3-6 in. long. Spikes 4-8, crowded in an almost 
digitate panicle with a slender stiffly erect peduncle, l\-2 in. long ; 
rachis densely clothed with white hairs shorter than the spikelets. 
Spikelets J in. long, glossy, green or purple, oblong-lanceolate, acute. 
Outer empty glume with 11-13 distinct ribs. Awn 2-3 times as long 
as the spikelet. G-ymuandropogon pertusus, Nees. A. punctatus 
